What's so great about the army? To me, it appears to be one of the most unethical occupations one could have.

Travel, adventure, camaraderie, to name a few.

At university I started down the path of joining the infantry as an officer. At first it was great fun - getting paid to go camping on weekends away from university. But when the political side began being pressed home more and more, it didn't sit well with my beliefs. Oh, and I met my now wife at that time, and didn't want to go disappearing off.

I ended up getting a PhD, doing academia for a couple of years, then moving in to industry. Some of it was fun, but the itch for proper adventure has never really left.

Now with a young daughter, we have mild family adventures, which are fun in their own right, but I do hope to have bigger adventures one day. Hopefully with my wife and daughter.

You can find that in many sports communities. Not everywhere by default, but folks are pretty open everywhere once its clear you have something in common.

You can get as much travel and adventure as your mind and wallet can handle, without strict orders that prevent you from actually having fun, without risk of being killed by some drone from above. Or killing another human being just because you were told so, maybe a father defending their village and family from invading forces.

Nah, you can do much better than those guys, and not lose your humanity and happiness in the process.

This is not the point OP wanted to make, and you seem smart enough to understand that.

Unfortunately, I get terribly tired and brain-fogged from even small quantities. Anyone else experienced this?

I haven't heard of that but I know creatine causes loads of water absorption. I wonder if you're borderline dehydrated and creatine pushes you over the limit.

The water retention can be avoided with low-dose creatine which still has some benefits in studies

Instead of 5grams/day like 2grams/day

You can also spread it out during the day to avoid retention, 1000mg x 4 or x 2

Creatine is also a precursor to SAM-e which is a natural antidepresant

I have the same response. I had it with lots of water but had to stop taking it after a couple of days every time I tried because it made me feel completely zoned-out. Maybe I should try again with a different brand.

Be sure it’s pure creatine, they often mix in all kinds of shit. I take creapure just to be sure.

creapure got too expensive IMHO probably tariffs

but you are right, independent testing finds some brands are garbage

* https://supp.co/tested/creatine.pdf

* https://supp.co/articles/suppco-tested-creatine-testing-resu...

I switched to sportsresearch brand when they had a sale on amazon

$19 for 1KG (2.2 pounds) but it's like double that now (don't buy) amazon.com/dp/B0DXR7MPNV

I’ve found nutricost to be good (they do well in Suppco’s analyses apparently), and they have a great variety of supplements, but very few “blend” type products - I.e. they’re a good place to get what you want for a good deal and nothing more.

I use Creapure (a/k/a "German Creatine")as well. Always hard to know with supplements but Creapure seems to be legit. Also use creatine monohydrate not creatine HCL. Monohydrate is harder to disolve so use warm water (I put mine in my coffee) but it's the one that's been studied the most and has the most documented evidence.

Just buy 95% creatine monohydrate. This is the most common formulation, but others do exist.

You can't be serious.

Back in the old days, presumably you made friends wherever you went

Selected Ambient Works!

the 2nd one only

More like Eigenvectors/-modes of the mind, which certain stimuli amplify into resonance

So you're saying that life isn't a farce? Or that it is, and poor people don't ponder it? Just expressing disapproval of rich people?

the only thesis/proposition i see in the comment would be:

"poor people don't think about it"

no other claims

Well, I didn't expect I would have to spell it out.

But seriously think about it. Why doesn't your pet dog sit around thinking about what a farce life is?

How many people who were living in the 1700s do you think sat around thinking life is a farce?

Ponder on that question. Out of everyone living in the world today, how many people do you think sit around thinking life is a farce, who are those people? Why do you think they are thinking this?

I think it's an important question to ask and think about. It's saying something about our society, way of life, way of seeing the world.

So poor people and historical people are in the same bucket as dogs, got it.

How lucky we are to be the only generation in history capable of thinking and reflecting!